Another thing I love an 8/10 movie. Imperfections and not sweeping the Oscars. But often these are the movies like "Men In Black" that get inside everybody's soul and psyche over time and really end up over decades being cultural icons even if Oscar doesn't completely agree.
Loved it too. Good use of that Rolling Stones do do do do do song on the trailers but I don't remember it in the actuall movie. I watched a lot of reviews about it because I love the discussion. One thing different from you I was not disappointed that Jeff Nichols left it up to us the audience to fill in the blanks. ...ALOT. But just based on generational differences I could understand your needing better definition of the characters. I happened to see it opening day in the morning and in a Chicago suburb where cornfields bump up against civilization (very familiar) and with a theatre full of aging baby-boomers. Couldn't really get a strong read but somehow nobody got up to go to bathroom if that says anything. Lol😂 You could sort of tell they lived it or at least the characters were familiar people to them so filling in all those blanks was was a lot easier for them to do.
5:38 The Movie Is a little bit like Biker culture itself. Closed. Opaque. We the non-biker public are NOT ALLOWED to know certain things. In so doing Jeff Nichols and his movie remain true to the biker code - Cool Mystique 😎. It's like trying to research the origjns of the real life Outlaws biker club. There's not alot written about the 1935 founding of the Otlaws MC in McCook, Illinois nor it's founder John Davis. Not even online. I assume that's intentional.
Thanks for the review. Hard disagree that Austin is a star. I saw both Elvis and Dune: Part Two and did not like either movie. I will not consider Austin a star until he is in movies I actually like. Keep up the good work :)
As a filmmaker with a passion for the James Dean aesthetic, I really enjoyed your review! Thanks for sharing! Dropping you a like!
Another thing I love an 8/10 movie. Imperfections and not sweeping the Oscars. But often these are the movies like "Men In Black" that get inside everybody's soul and psyche over time and really end up over decades being cultural icons even if Oscar doesn't completely agree.
Loved it too. Good use of that Rolling Stones do do do do do song on the trailers but I don't remember it in the actuall movie.
I watched a lot of reviews about it because I love the discussion.
One thing different from you I was not disappointed that Jeff Nichols left it up to us the audience to fill in the blanks. ...ALOT. But just based on generational differences I could understand your needing better definition of the characters.
I happened to see it opening day in the morning and in a Chicago suburb where cornfields bump up against civilization (very familiar) and with a theatre full of aging baby-boomers. Couldn't really get a strong read but somehow nobody got up to go to bathroom if that says anything. Lol😂
You could sort of tell they lived it or at least the characters were familiar people to them so filling in all those blanks was was a lot easier for them to do.
Love the movie, well worth seeing.
5:38 The Movie Is a little bit like Biker culture itself. Closed. Opaque. We the non-biker public are NOT ALLOWED to know certain things. In so doing Jeff Nichols and his movie remain true to the biker code - Cool Mystique 😎.
It's like trying to research the origjns of the real life Outlaws biker club.
There's not alot written about the 1935 founding of the Otlaws MC in McCook, Illinois nor it's founder John Davis. Not even online. I assume that's intentional.
Thanks for the review. Hard disagree that Austin is a star. I saw both Elvis and Dune: Part Two and did not like either movie. I will not consider Austin a star until he is in movies I actually like. Keep up the good work :)